Why?? Why do shows do this?? They did it with Sarah Brown, who was a resounding Dud as Claudia. And Braun is such a polarizing, divisive performer, mostly due to the writing for her characters and not for anything she did other than play the parts. This show has such a bloated unwieldy cast as it is. GH is firing on all cylinders right now! The umbrella writing has been surprising and fantastic! I actually look forward to watching each day, and I have not said that about GH since 1995 when Claire alanine was writing!! Don’t kill the momentum with Valentino inspired casting stunts that are just annoying distractions!!

I wasn’t watching when TB played Carly. At this point I feel that there are too many characters with not enough screen time for the current cast.

I loved her as Carly. This is literally one of the best scenes in GH history as Tamara sells the hell out of it (even though the entire storyline wasn’t that great). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKTW2_YOofI

Meh…

No just no!!!’

I like Tamara Braun. In fact, she is my favorite “Carly.” I think she gave Carly her sensitivity. Sarah Brown played a very tough Carly. Tamara brought some sensitivity to the role. Laura Wright (who I find highly irritating) is a combination of toughness and sensitivity-IMO.

@DAYS – what a foolhardy move to kill off Ava Vitali. Tamara Braun , I liken to being in the same category as Eileen Davidson, Kristen.

manipulative, scheming, daring, ultra sex me out, always in the know.

GH is fortunate to draw on Talent.

PS: this is ultra cool for me.. to watch what should be Carly. as current Carly thinks she’s more than every one… and can’t even fake trying to be a friend.. let alone a lost and boring lover

So you get rid of Dillon who is a Q…connect Hayden to Liz then write her out…Brad and Lucas are on vacation at ForgetMeLand…so will Tamara be the head of what is going on with Jason’..blah, blah, blah…maybe married him and have a child somewhere like the show needs more kids when Liz’s two other sons to be off at ForgotMeLand!!

I have never seen nor heard of Tamara ..
I like new characters they spice things up.
It doesn’t tell how long her stay will be, I’d guess she is short stay.

She’s great! I’m all for it. These seasoned, solid actors are a godsend to our shows and she is joining what is already the best cast in daytime. Bring it on!

Could she be Nelle’s mom? She sure reminds me of her. That being said, I would rather some of the characters that we don’t see much get more story than more characters being added.

Dont like when soaps do this although I want Trent Dawson in his new role on GH more. They need to give him a storyline. I thought he might be Drew and he and Franco could be brothers sort of again when I think for a second they were on ATWT

I think this is great news, except for the fact that GH has the most bloated cast on daytime with too many characters to service adequately with a handful of characters taking up a disproportionate amount of screen time.

That being said, Tamara was an acquired taste for me. When she first took over the role of Carly, I thought the show had ruined the character. She seemed too mousy and fragile to take over a role originated and defined by an actress who had made Carly a tough fighter on the outside (literally and figuratively), and a fragile girl looking for acceptance and love if you burrowed down enough layers. But you know, when she left the role a few years later, I was gutted. I came to love waht she did with the role. Her Carly was scrappy and defiant and she had a way of just laying out her raw emotions – she seemed to bleed her feelings on screen (watch her scenes when she though Michael was dead).

So if handled right, this could be a great thing. But yeah, it’s a delicate challenge. IMO, MIchael Easton’s multiple returns to the show as different characters hasn’t worked (aside from his role as McBain). The effort and years it has taken to make Franco work is a little bit ridiculous. Kiki has only halfway worked and I think that was because a different actress is now playing the part. And Claudia was a fail because they started out one way with the character but wound up just making a crazier, less restrained version of Carly in the end and didn’t know what to do with two versions of Carly on the canvas – Irritating but neutered Carly, and Crazy Carly.

Best of luck to Tamara – I’ll be tuning in.

Tam awesome!! I loved her as Carly, but Laura has totally made Carly her own in a way tha no
One else did, so Laura Is Carly, but like Sarah Brown, I welcome such a great actress, Tam. on GH!!

She was a great Carly… Glad she’s returning to GH in any capacity,
She’ll spice things up.

I didn’t like her as ava or Reese so we shall see…
At the very least we know she has chemistry with Steve Burton

love it, welcome back tamara, now if she’s related to claudia, zachara, that would be great, bring back sarah too, okay, lol, maybe that would be to much, but i’m happy. GH is rocking right now.

I love her! She exudes sensuality, grit, confidence…she was a fantastic Carly! (still amazes how similar “Nell” and she look.)

I’m curious to see who she plays. I also don’t mind that they bring on wonderful soap actors either from other shows or from long-ago GH. They’re expanding stories, they’re bringing in new villains, relationships, foils, etc for different stories and I think it’s enjoyable… as long as they tie into (whether for the long term or the short) established characters lives.

At the same time I can’t fathom why they’re not using the vets of GH that are still with us and want to come back. Characters: Frisco, Mac, Felicia, Lucy, Scottie, Kevin…either gone completely or used only infrequently. So while I welcome Tamara…I lament the absence of great characters that should still have a place on the show.

Is it that none of the writers have read up on GH history so they don’t see the importance to these characters? Do they think so much of the audience from those years are gone that they’re not worth “resurrecting?” Perhaps they should take a serious poll…

Welcome back, Tamara. Looking forward to your air dates…

Great news she plays the hell out of any part you give her!!!!!

off track : heads up

@DAYS – Kassie DePaiva is back – in two days – as Eve Donovan

YES

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had to sit on my laptop to begin is novel

Tamara is back HOME! (although she won’t play Carly, her version will strongly be remembered as maturing the character and officially making her a GH heroine)

Hopefully, there will be no romantic angles as far as Sonny (Maurice), we want Tamara to SHINE as she has grown into an exceptional respected actress over the years.

I want the “cat battles” with Carly and Ava to be DRAMATIC because Tamara can definitely handle the heat with ease.

Hopefully, she is connected to Nelle. Tamara and Chloe’s resemblance in appearance and acting are so identical that them working together would be a dream.

Laura Wright’s Carly will now have the unique distinction of portraying side by side two previous actresses that have portrayed her current role.

Tamara will bring something uniquely different to the canvas and if the writing is done tastefully and thoughtfully, GH could have a home run with Tamara.

Sarah Brown’s return will always be one of my favorite and disappointed returns because the reign back then decided to orbit Claudia around Sonny instead of Nichols. which ultimately destroyed Claudia.

Even though my wishful thinking would be even more complete with Sarah’s return as Claudia, this does my soul justice.

Laura may be Carly at the moment, but Sarah is one that brought her to life, Tamara made her appeal to the masses and Laura is making sure Carly is keeping the lights bright at GH.

Also, lets not forget Jennifer Bransford’s portrayal as sometimes, GH wants viewers to forget and make it seem that it was Tamara then Laura. Jennifer was rough in the beginning, but towards the end, her portrayal began to mimic Sarah’s later portrayal of Carly. Jennifer and Maurice worked hard to make it work and it seemed that it was beginning to win viewers over, but with Laura ready to take over, it was a little too late.

WELCOME BACK TAMARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Tamara she was awesome e as Carly. So if they can bring her back and other actors in multiple roles I say now bring back Sarah Brown!!! She was the original Carly but she was also the best, most dynamic Carly. She can be a resurrected Claudia or someone else…she really commands the screen. Could you imagine her and Billy Miller together… I think my TV would explode! Lol.

Tamara should be Nelle’s mother. They look like mother and daughter. BUT, here goes my theory, she is Oscar’s mother and the father he is looking for is SIX. Whatever way, nice to have her back, she is a talent.

I don’t know where this is going. I don’t think Jason needs another kid. But what would be good, if it was AJ’s son. Monica needs someone else other than Michael in her life if she’s gonna get screen time. And why not bring AJ back. Everyone comes back from the dead. She could be the one taking care of him. Seeing AJ and.Ned heat things up at ELQ will heat things up and give Ned some action bc he’s boring and lost with Olivia. Bringing AJ back will also add problems to Carly and Sonny. Talk about vengeance rearing its ugly head. He’d also have one against Ava. I’m sure Hayden will return after the birth of her child. And when are we gonna finally get the truth about Kiki being Nina’s child? This hint was dropped over a year ago and still nothing.

I know she’s playing a different role, but now we’ll have 2 Jasons and 2 Carlys. What’s next? Julie Berman in a different role? Or Kurt McKinney?

OK GH…now you’re just showing off. SO STOP IT!!!!!

As for TB – the Carly/Sonny/Jason show with her is one of the reasons I stopped watching this show after nearly 20 years so I don’t have a great feel about her Carly…. but the actress who plays Nelle could easily be her daughter (looks wise, I don’t know the actors’ real ages)… but she yes could also be Oscar’s mom (which would be preferable as, since they started to reveal that yes Nelle is indeed a bad seed – thus making Carly ‘right’ about her – I’m less interested in the character overall).

I really like the idea of AJ being Oscar’s father and hope that this is what the team has planned. I know that writers read these boards and once they see that fans have guessed something, they change their minds, but if this is the plan, don’t change! lol 🙂